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		throwawaymaths on Nov 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 191... The war explicitly ended the oil for food arrangement...?

yesbut on Nov 27, 2022 [–]

US antagonism towards Iraq was due to Iraq moving away from the petrodollar. The Oil for Food sanctions were an effort to force Iraq back to the petrodollar.

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